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JOHN GOETZ   
SWITZERLAND  CANADA

THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART      Toronto
SHERIDAN  COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN    Toronto


2020    Durden and Ray   The Vista Abstract  Painting Group
    Los Angeles


2019    Paul Kuhn Gallery   Summer 2019 Group Exhibition
    Calgary, Canada
             Lee Contemporary  A Different Reality  Group Exhibition 
             Toronto Canada


2018      Arena One Gallery  Across Two Seas  Curated by Luigia Martelloni Group Exhibition. 
              Santa Monica


2017     Hanger Gallery North    More Art Here during Los Angeles Contemporary Fair ( ALAC )
             Santa Monica Airport


2016.    Studio 18 LA  Plural View West Hollywood Group Exhibition
             Hanger Gallery North   Happenstance and Meadows Group Exhibition
             Santa Monica 


2015.    UMB Americas Group Exhibition  Curated by Janet Bothne
             Santa Monica


2014     Yard and Weft - South Wooster St. Group Exhibition
             Winsor Gallery Group Exhibition 
             Vancouver Canada


2013.     Frank Gehry Edgemar Complex Annex Group Exhibition
              Santa Monica Art Studios  Annual Art Walk
              Art O Rama Group Exhibition 
              Huntington Beach 
              
2012     Hanger Gallery More Art Here Paintings Sculptures North Wall 
             Santa Monica


2010.   Art O Rama Group Exhibition Huntington Beach
            Huntington Beach
            5th and Sunset Client Lounge and Commercial Studios 
            Los Angeles
2009.   North Hanger Gallery Group Exhibition Annual Art Openings 
            Santa Monica


2008.   Art A Mo Group Exhibition Santa Barbara


2007   Quixote Studios Lounge Exhibitions Solo 
           Los Angeles
           Art O Rama Patricia Stayrook Small Graces and Print 
           Los Angeles 


2006   Artamo Gallery Element and Myth New Painting Solo Exhibition 
           Santa Barbara
           SKG Gallery Group Exhibition Abbott Kinney 
           Los Angeles 


2005   Winsor Gallery Inter Current Solo Exhibition 
           Vancouver Canada
           Don O Melveny Gallery Vessel New Paintings Solo Exhibition 
           Los Angeles Ca.
           Schmidler/Goetz Gallery  with Gottfried Helnwien opens solo exhibition
           Los  Angeles 


2004   Don O Melveny Disclosures New Painting Solo Exhibition 
           Los Angeles    


2003.   Ward-Nasse Gallery Group Exhibition with Robert Goodnough
            New York NY
            Don O Melveny Gallery Metropolis Solo Exhibition 
            Los Angeles
            
2002   5th and Sunset Studios City Art   Group Exhibition with Boe Hess
           New York NY
           Crosby Street Venue   Group Exhibition - Angelika Schubert /John Grande / Matt Rubel
           New York NY 


2001   Don O Melveny Gallery    Available Light    Solo Exhibition 
           Los Angeles
           Stark-Kibuchi Gallery Group Show Abbott Kinney 
           Los Angeles


2000   5th and Sunset Studios Contemplating Beauty Solo Exhibition 
           Los Angeles 


           Becomes a US Resident   


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PictureJohn Goetz, “Aphrodite," 2003, encaustic/oil/acrylic on canvas, 72”x 60”.

JOHN GOETZ  May 31 - July 1/June 7 - July 9, 2003 at Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood

by Judith Christensen



John Goetz’ images are full of movement--bending, walking, running, kicking, spinning, strutting, whirling, dancing. His figures are abstracted, composed of streaks of color and gestural lines. Two-by-two or by three they parade across the canvas. The mottled chromatic background is a rich blend of bold color, marks and scratches on a thick surface made up of oil, acrylic and encaustic.

Occasionally, as in Europa, the figures are distinct enough to identify. Two females wearing bathing suits or leotards may be strolling along the beach or leaving a workout. When the figures are thus defined, we tend to focus on the who, what, where and why of the figure, rather than the emotive content of the forms.

Goetz’ more successful images suggest, rather than portray the figure. In Red DeVille, three mostly-black forms stand out against a mostly-red background. A smear of color represents the torso. A few marks and scratches imply the movement of an arm or a leg. A pale yellow glow encircles each form, activating it, pumping it full of energy. These are highly-charged colors: the powerful black figure is blasting through the passionate red space. At this level, the image reflects human emotions in a raw, primal state. But there is softness here, too. The red leans toward the yellow side of the spectrum, with pale yellow showing through the mottled background. This adds a sense of quiet joy to the exuberance.

Goetz seems to favor warm colors, but there are exceptions. He infuses the background in Iceland with a cool blue. The two figures, although they are given their share of red and black, are mostly white or pale pink. The question of whether the figures are advancing towards us or have their back to us is as unclear in the other paintings as it is in Iceland. Yet, because of the cool palette, it appears that the two figures here are becoming more distant from us and from each other as well. Despite the activity they pursue in tandem, despite their parallel motion, there is a powerful sense of isolation and of spacial mystery.

Metropolitan, with its black background, is the darkest image. Again, the figures appear to be receding from us, moving into a background that is darker, denser, deeper, more unknown and frightening than the space in which they are now, with its blotches of gray. Perhaps that is why they hover together. While most of Goetz’ figures maintain a distance from each other, these three, in Metropolitan, overlap one another close enough to touch--as if each one instinctively grasps the primordial truth of strength in numbers, as if each one needs the reassurance of being with the others.

Alone or together, stripped of all clothes and exterior accoutrements, Goetz’ dynamic figures evoke an emotional response. Whether the frenetic energy flows from them untethered, or whether Goetz blends together a range of emotions, the result is that in this group of images he portrays a complex picture of the human psyche.

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John Goetz,“Europa," 2002, encaustic/alkyd/oil on canvas, 72”x 60”.
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John Goetz, “Iceland," 2002, encaustic/oil/alkyd on canvas, 72”x 60”.
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John Goetz, "Metropolitan Nights," 2002, encaustic/oil/alkyd on canvas, 72 x 60"
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